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Well ok, I don't even know how to start this one. Lately my buddy and I have been getting around to making a few leather bags in our spare time. Not just any bags, but remakes of the old Postal Mail Bags used by the USPS back in the 1960's.

We obtained a 1966 original bag which was badly beat up and took it apart and got down correct measurements as well as thicknesses and types of hardware. They came out looking pretty good.

A company known as J. Crew did the same bags, only offering them at nearly $800. My name is not J. Crew but we are happy getting what we wanted for them. Over the last month we have gotten many questions from people all over the world about them. Many saying that our bag was way better than that of the J. Crew. (made me smile) Many have seen the J. Crew in person, as well as a fashion critic in New York who said that our bag was " More inviting".

These bags were suppose to be just a couple of fun projects.

Well today I received an order for one. My website logs all customer information. I received one today that made one eyebrow go up. I read it and thought..."Nah....couldn't be..." After making a phone call to verify authorization (really to find out if it is who I think it is) it was confirmed..

I have an order for one of my bags to go to Bill Gates of Microsoft.
This is the biggest thing to hit me ever!!

My pics are not even professional yet...

I was planning on having this photographer shoot some photos in NY with some models and would hope that they would be ready for my new website design in a month or two.

And by the way, its been about a 2 month process but I've been playing around with a limited themed bag version.... you guessed it. A ESB Fett themed bag... I'll show some sneak peeks soon.

The bag will contain, Jetpack rings to attach the shoulder strap to, Girth Belt Buckles for closing the flap down, ESB look alike ammo belt strap for shoulder strap, patch in center, and a few other details..

Well its a really big shocker for me. I mean, you figure that Bill would have someone else doing his shopping. And why my site? My site isn't the greatest thing in the world and still has some bugs to fix. So it shocks me to have this happen. I don't want to seem like those people who bug the heck out of famous people but I had to ask him how he came across my bag. He said he was referred by someone. I've never spent a cent on advertising, so I guess word of mouth works.

It took me a second too taco...I thought he was talking about the fett bag, but he's talking about the one going to Bill Gates..."Start" on the clasp for the opening, like the Start button on Microsoft Windows